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Tuesday, July 10, 2012

The babies got some names.....

Well, there is a winner in the auction to help Annie. Andrea, Leo and Star from celestial kitties won the right to name the kittens. She and mom emailed back and forth and it ended up being a joint effort since we have more boys than girls.

The boys: Bourbon (the lame kitten), Whiskey (the other complete brown tabby), Cognac and Moonshine (the gray boy)

The girls: Amaretto and Gin

Bourbon (left) and Whiskey

left to right: Cognac, Moonshine, Amaretto (back) & Gin *maybe*

Oh - and we guess you want the v-e-t report.....

When mom picked Bourbon up, the tech said the radiographs were being sent out. But, the rescue lady sent mom a text and said "bourbon good to go. no patellas. recheck in a month. can usually do ok as they grow." Mom paused....no patellas at all?? Yep - they can't see his kneecaps at all....of course he is tiny and that is what they are going to recheck. But, sounds like for the moment it is let him get bigger and see what happens. We may have to ask for help later, but we are good for now. We need to bulk everyone up a little so Tim gets locked in the back bedroom while they eat from now on.

19 comments:

Love the names, especially Moonshine. They are too cute. I think that is good news about Bourbon. Wonder what will happen with no patellas?? If he can pee and Poop and eat, maybe he will be all right. Hopefully no surgery. Thanks for the update and love the names.

Awwwww Yay for such lush names! LOL! Awww they are all adorable and well done Celestial kitties for choosing such fabulous names!! Our neighbour's two kitties are called Moon and Shine! LOL! Excellent!

Little Bourbon, I'm sending you my very best purrs for things to work themselves out for you. I had a really horrible prognosis when I was a babycat, and with a lot of love and a lot of purrs I managed to defy the odds. Manly smooches to you.-Lishy.

Sorry to hear Bourbon doesn't have kneecaps.. Considering all that can go wrong it is amazing how many kittens do survive. I am so curious what they think they can and or should do for him for long term..

Fun names for such sweet babies. I have a friend who adopted a little guy with a similar problem in his front legs...he walked with his front legs bent funny (hopped really) but he's now over 6 years old and doing well. Not entirely sure it was the same issue but the biggest issue was finding someone to adopt a special kitty.